Books & Plays by Synopsis

Question 1

Released in 1861, it depicts the education of an orphan named Pip

Answer 1

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Question 2

The 1678 story of Christian, and his journey from his hometown, the City of Destruction, to the Celestial City.

Answer 2

The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

Question 3

The 1749 story of a young man of uncertain birth who falls in love with his neighbour Sophia and is forced to leave home.

Answer 3

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Question 4

The tragic 1748 story of a young woman whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family.

Answer 4

Clarissa, by Samuel Richardson

Question 5

Published between 1959 and 1967, the protagonist tries to tell his life story but cannot explain anything simply.

Answer 5

Tristram Shandy, by Laurence Sterne

Question 6

Published in 1782, The story of the Marquise de Mereuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, two amoral lovers-turned-rivals who ultimately destroy each other.

Answer 6

Les liaisons dangereuses, by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Question 7

Published in 1815, it’s the story of a self-styled matchmaker in the fictional country village of Highbury.

Answer 7

Emma (Jane Austen)

Question 8

Published in 1818, follows the fortunes of Christopher Glowry, a morose widower who lives with his only son Scythrop in the isolated family mansion.

Answer 8

Thomas Love Peacock

Question 9

Published in 1842, it tells the story of the Bridau family, trying to regain their lost inheritance after a series of mishaps.

Answer 9

The Black Sheep (Honore de Balzac)

Question 10

Published in 1839, it tells the story of an Italian nobleman in the Napoleonic era. The titular location is only mentioned in the last page of the story.

Answer 10

The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendahl)

Question 11

Published in 1845, it traces the plight of the working classes of England.

Answer 11

Sybil, by Benjamin Disraeli

Question 12

Published in 1850, it is narrated by the title character and traces their life from infancy to maturity.

Answer 12

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Question 13

Published in 1847, it concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons.

Answer 13

Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

Question 14

Published in 1847, it is a bildungsroman that follows the experiences of the eponymous heroine, including her love for Mr Rochester.

Answer 14

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Question 15

Published in 1848, it follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley during and after the Napoleonic Wars.

Answer 15

Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray

Question 16

Published in 1850, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to who she is not married.

Answer 16

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Question 17

Published in 1856, the eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.

Answer 17

Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert

Question 18

Published in 1859, follows Walter Hartwright, a young art teacher, who sees a mysterious woman who then reappears in his life.

Answer 18

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins